Toy cart



J. H. McCARTHY AND H. E. GRAFF.

TOY CART.

APPLICATION FILED 'JUNE4, 192-0.

1 ,387,28 1 Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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TOY CART.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, I920. 1 387,281. Patented Aug. 9,1921.

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To all whom it may conc'ernf 4 Be it known that we, JOHN H. MoCAn'rHYand HENRY Fl. .G'RAFF, citizens of the United States, resid ng at Lyons,1n the county of lVayne'and State of New York, have invented new 7 anduseful Improvements in Toy Carts, of which the following is aspecification. I This invention relates to awheeled toy provided withpropellingmeans andsteering means so that the child may propel himselfalong while seated upon the toy and the principal object of theinventionis toprovide means whereby the child may use both his feet andhands for propelling the device. Another object of the invention is to mvide means whereby the device can be steered by the hands whilethepropelling means are being actuated by the feet and hands.

This invention'also consists incertain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of theseveralparts, to behereinafter fully described, illus trated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended I claims. r

In describing our invention 1n detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding partsthroughout the several views, and in which V Figure 1is a side view of the invention;

' to the upper and lower facesof the fork.

The front wheel 3 is journaled in the forked end of the post 4, theupper end of which is reduced and is of cylindrical form to engage theopenmgs in the rings and the space between the forks, said end be ngrotat-ably held in place by means of a cotter pin or the like. Ashoulder isformed by saidreduced part and the lower part .of the postand this shoulderengages the lower .face of the lower ring.

, cured to the rear part of the seat and a crank shaft 6 is rotatablycarrie d'by' said block and the rear wheels 7 aresuitablyise- A block 5is sec'ured to the ends of said shaft The rocker lever 8 'is pivotedbetween the forks at the front end of the seat, the spaces formed by theforks being provided with an inner enlargement in which this leveroperates.

The lower end of said lever is forked as at 9 to receive the bar 10which isadjustably secured to said lever by means of the pinjll thecrankwe may gear the same to the crank. l

ltwill thus be seen that by rocking the lever to and fro its motion willbe communicated to the crank shaft by means of the bar 10 so that therear wheels will be caused to revolve and thus propel the device along.

Vi e provide means whereby the rocker 12 secured to the, lower end ofthe rocker lever and a handle bar 13 which is'pivotally connected withthe upper end of the rocker lever by means of the shaft 1a journaled inthe forked upper end of said lever. Thus by placing both hands on thehandle bar and the feet on the foot bar said lever can be rocked by boththe arms and legs.

The steering means for the device comprises-a drum 15 carried by theshaft 1 1 and'to' which a looped cable 16. is connected. This cablepasses between the forked en'd of the seat and between therings andpasses around ,the cylindrical upper end of the post 4 and through thehorizontal and vertical holes 17 formed in said cylindrical part, theends of the cable being then secured to the upper end of the cylindrical.lever-inay be actuated by both the hands and feet, suchmeans comprisinga foot bar part. It will thus beseen that by rotating the shaft and drumby the handle bar the post and front wheel can be moved'tosteer thedevice. e also support a foot rest bar 18011 the. post upon" which thefeet are placed when it is desired to coast or to propel the devicewithout using the feet. By means of this bar the device can be steeredby means of the feet if desired. By

using both the arms and legs for propelling the devioeiit may be drivenalong at high 7 legs speed and the muscles of the arms and and of theback are exercised.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

We desire it to be understood that we may make changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What we claim is v A device of the class described comprising a seatpart having a forked front end a front wheel supporting? post 'rot'atablmounted in said forked end, a rocker lever pivotally mounted betweentheforks of said forked end, a block connected with the rear foot barconnected with the lowerend of I said lever, a shaft rotatably mountedin the upper end of said lever, a handle bar connected with said shaft,a drum on said shaft, a cable'connecting the drum with the front wheelsupporting post, and a foot rest on said post. i

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa tures. Y l

JOHN H. MCCARTHY. HENRY E. GRAFF.

